Paradelphomys Patterson and Pascual 1968 (spiny rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Full reference: B. Patterson and R. Pascual. 1968. New echimyid rodents from the Oligocene of Patagonia, and a synopsis of the family. Breviora 301:1-14

Parent taxon: Echimyidae according to D. H. Verzi et al. 2014

See also McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Pascual 1968 and Vucetich et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Adelphomyinae, Carterodon, Chaetomyinae, Clyomys, Dactylomyinae, Dactylomys, Dicolpomys, Diplomys, Echimyinae, Eumysopinae, Eumysops, Euryzygomatomys, Gaimanomys, Haplostropha, Heteropsomyinae, Hoplomys, Isothrix, Lonchothrix, Maruchito, Mesomys, Myocastor, Pampamys, Proatherura, Quebradahondomys, Reigechimys, Theridomysops, Thrichomys, Trinomys

Subtaxa: Paradelphomys fissus

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Type: Paradelphomys fissus

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution: found only at Gran Barranca - southern cliff of lake ColhuƩ Huapƭ (Miocene of Argentina)

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